Artist |
Tangerine Dream |
Album Title: |
Stratosfear |
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Primary Genre |
Electronica/Dance: Electronica |
Format |
CD |
Released |
10/00/1976 |
Reissue Date |
00/00/1988 |
Label |
Virgin Records America, Inc. |
Catalog No |
0777 7 86092 2 3 / V2 860 |
Bar Code No |
0 7777 86092 2 3 |
Packaging |
Jewelcase |
Tracks |
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Stratosfear (10:38)
(Christophe Franke/Christopher Franke, Edgar Froese, Peter Baumann/Edgar Froese/Hans Baumann) |
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The Big Sleep In Search Of Hades (4:32)
(Christophe Franke/Christopher Franke, Edgar Froese, Peter Baumann/Edgar Froese/Hans Baumann) |
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3 A.M. At The Border Of The Marsh From Okefenokee (8:49)
(Christophe Franke/Christopher Franke, Edgar Froese, Peter Baumann/Edgar Froese/Hans Baumann) |
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Invisible Limits (11:34)
(Christophe Franke/Christopher Franke, Edgar Froese, Peter Baumann/Edgar Froese/Hans Baumann) |
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Date Acquired |
03/05/2011 |
Personal Rating |
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Acquired from |
Import_CDs (Amazon) |
Purchase Price |
10.25 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide Entry: Discogs Entry: |
Notes |
PETER BAUMANN -- moog synthesizer, project electronic rhythm computer, fender e piano, mellotron; CHRIS FRANKE -- moog synthesizer, organ, percussion, loop mellotron, harpsichord; EDGAR FROESE -- mellotron, moog synthesizer, twelve and six string guitar, grand piano, bass guitar, mouth organ; Recorded in Berlin, August 1976. ...................... CA Virgin TCV 2068 (Canada) CA Virgin VIC 2068 CD Virgin CDV 2068 CD Virgin 2-91010 LP Virgin X 698 LP Virgin VI 2068 LP Virgin V2068 [Festival L-36052] (Australia) LP Virgin V 2068 (UK) LP Virgin OVED 70 LP Virgin P 234427 (USA, Promo) LP Virgin/CBS PZ-34427 LP Virgin International/Victor VIP.4152 (JA)
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Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by John Bush
Stratosfear, the last Tangerine Dream album by the great Baumann/Franke/Froese threesome, shows the group's desire to advance past their stellar recent material and stake out a new musical direction while others were still attempting to come to grips with Phaedra and Rubycon. The album accomplishes its mission with the addition of guitar (six- and 12-string), grand piano, harpsichord, and mouth organ to the usual battery of moogs, Mellotrons, and e-pianos. The organic instruments take more of a textural role, embellishing the effects instead of working their own melodic conventions. Stratosfear is also the beginning of a more evocative approach for Tangerine Dream. Check the faraway harmonica sounds and assortment of synth-bubbles on "3 AM at the Border of the Marsh From Okefenokee" or the somber chords and choral presence of "The Big Sleep in Search of Hades." The title track opener is the highlight though, beginning with a statuesque synthesizer progression before unveiling an increasingly hypnotic line of trance.
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